Category: Polyamory
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Book Review: Raf and the Robots
Raf is a young boy who loves to write. He even writes at the dinner table where he sits with his family. A family which includes three adults and two other children. Raf’s latest story is about robots, but when he tries to find someone to read it, no one has time! Thinking no one…
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Family Meals
I am a big believer in time for the whole polycule to sit down together and enjoy each other’s company. But as most polies find out eventually, schedules are a bitch. This is definitely a YMMV thing, but I highly suggest added regular family meals to your calendar. If everyone lives together, and work schedules aren’t…
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Group Poly Living: The Little Things
A poly home can be a very happy home, but apartments and houses (and the rest of life) in the US are generally designed for two adults and a couple of kids, not three or more adults. So for today’s post, here is a bunch of minor stuff, none of which rates its own post,…
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Relationship Space
Every so often I come across a discussion about designating something (Usually a bed, sometimes a restaurant or other outing) as being only for a primary couple. The idea is the primary couple needs something special and just for them, which is off limits to any secondaries (these discussions almost always involve hierarchical poly). These…
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In Memory: Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart 1948-2014
Morning glories have always been my favorite flowers. They spread beauty and asked nothing more than to be allowed their time in the sun. Unlike the tulips or daffodils or roses my father planted, each flower lasted only a short time, fragile and precious. Yet each morning new flowers bloomed. I never met Morning Glory…
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Molluscum (Molluscum Contagiosum)
You probably haven’t heard of this one before. I never had, and I think I may have it. Molluscum is a virus that affects the skin, creating tiny nodules where ever it colonizes. It has no real side effects, and as far as I know is not tested for in any regular STD screening (It…
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STD/STI: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
HPV isn’t in the news as much as it was a few years ago when the vaccine first came out. But it is still one of the STD/STIs that most people are familiar with. It is also one that I think people make way to much fuss about. According the CDC “…almost every sexually-active person…
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STD/STIs: HIV and AIDS
Today we’re tackling the big one: HIV/AIDS. This is the STI that is effectively in a class of its own, both in terms of impact and the way people react to it. The good news is that while it is still a brutal disease, great strides have been made in treating AIDS over the past…
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STD/STI: Herpes Simplex (1 and 2)
It sometimes seems like no STD/STI causes as much upset as herpes. People I speak with never worry about getting chlamydia, HPV or granuloma, but the minute STD/STIs come up, they start on herpes. Folks, get over it. While not entirely benign, herpes is the closest thing you can get to an STD/STI version of…
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STD/STI: Hepatitis (A, B and E)
Hepatitis technically refers to inflammation of the liver, which can have several possible causes. However, there are five viruses that can cause hepatitis, known as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Of these five, three can be transmitted sexually. Hep B is the sexual infection most people are familiar with. Vaccinations for Hep B…